{"id":"arnie-hill","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Arnie Hill","content":"**Arnie Hill** is a writer, former political activist and the founder and CEO of ADD.xyz (PLT). He is a political strategist and manager for various key institutions at an international level such as official bodies for Human rights, and international political movements and regional campaigns.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-fgza6tsefvs)[\\[7\\]](#cite-id-0cgrfmdbncb)[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-3eak75bmilt)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nHe attended a local high school where he completed his basic education. He then joined University of East London where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in International politics in 2014. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ymw3exlars)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-76bmj58by2k)  \n  \nIn 2016 he went to SOAS, University of London.  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nAfter his graduation he became the Chief Executive Officer at Double A Visions International FZC, the company is located at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In october 2017 he became the creator and director at Jacked Salts. He is the creator and manufacturer of the world's most powerful smelling salts. Used across multiple sports and by top athletes for a psychological edge.[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-3bln6t8fgdq)  \n  \nThe introduction of Smelling Salts into sports has only just begun to spread, picking up major traction and use by NFL Teams, Strongman competitors and powerlifters globally, and even those in less strength orientated sports such as Football, Basketball, Rugby and MMA. Jacked Salts have over 200 recognised players using Smelling Salts, Legally, on the field today. Studies by medical professionals in sports found that the use of Smelling Salts had found no bad impacts on health. In fact, results show an increase in physical performance across the board.  \n  \nHe has had a key interest in political strategy and management for over 15 years. She also has strategic experience which spans into Education, Healthcare, Socio-Economic Policy and Social Issues. She has worked as an activist investor where she has helped raise and invested over 350M USD through ObsidianCapital.fund, a blockchain multi strategy fund also tied to investing in social tech.  \n  \nHe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ADD.xyz (PLT). Add.xyz is a full-stack [DeFi](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/defi-dad) aggregator, plugging in multiple products and DeFi applications into one single platform, focusing on User Experience, Design, Privacy and Anonymity.  \n  \n# Personal Life  \n  \nIn an interview on a live AMA Session on [Blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain) Infinity Telegram chat he said:  \n  \n> Every other DeFi projects or startups are a half-step towards truly taking control away from corruptible centralized bankers and financial institutions. We are the solution to achieve a total decoupling and true sovereign wealth for everyone with our strong focus on anonymized privacy at the protocol level.  \n  \nHe is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ymw3exlars)  \n  \n# ADD.xyz  \n  \nADD.XYZ is a leading DeFi aggregation platform that unifies leading DeFi protocols and [blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain) infrastructure by standardizing communication between them to create and execute complex financial transactions while championing Privacy, Anonymity, and Sovereignty. With over 5 working [dApps](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/decentralized-application-dapp) live on mainnet aggregating Lending Protocols, Privacy Mixers, Governance, and Mobile Money.[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-vrp25y7kvaf)[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-yhvwemsgv8)","summary":"Arnie Hill is a writer, former political activist and the founder and CEO of ADD.xyz (PLT).","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Developers"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"fgza6tsefvs\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnie-h-802784ba/\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1658948103634},{\"id\":\"ymw3exlars\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/addxyz/dia-partnership-with-add-xyz-48447e0d2c8a\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1658948133289},{\"id\":\"76bmj58by2k\",\"url\":\"https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/277514-02#funding\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1658948140227},{\"id\":\"3bln6t8fgdq\",\"url\":\"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/addxyz-collaborates-with-dia/\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1658948167864},{\"id\":\"vrp25y7kvaf\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/addxyz/\",\"description\":\"ADD.XYZ\",\"timestamp\":1662348561348},{\"id\":\"yhvwemsgv8\",\"url\":\"https://add.xyz/\",\"description\":\"Website\",\"timestamp\":1662348782245},{\"id\":\"0cgrfmdbncb\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/arn-h502253/\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1662348879171},{\"id\":\"3eak75bmilt\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@ArnieHill\",\"description\":\"Medium Blog\",\"timestamp\":1662348897987}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.cryptolaboratory.co.uk/"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnie-h-802784ba/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmSqJSSHr1PqtMNqQWukV2LPX6CKxrdn2eeZC1GB43Cm64"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0xe3e68B5c18fD6C8B24f849ab7cAd44B9F5754bAb","profile":{"username":null,"avatar":null}},"media":[{"name":"https://everipedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/GalleryMediaItem/lang_en/arnie-hill/3a785c11c002718b14a961123ce601f1jpg.jpeg","id":"Qmbp78qEYhpDZWcQRK3L6pxNoabpk5VPVLMLoJXaffHZHC","size":"0.022","source":"IPFS_IMG"},{"name":"https://everipedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/GalleryMediaItem/lang_en/arnie-hill/1_ZyXjEA_NM8eOhecc9weMAApng.png","id":"QmXZDQ6HCQLUFmLju9X93sJ3iKcWaVgEnptgtHwFrpY3y7","size":"0.153","source":"IPFS_IMG"}],"ipfs":"QmSqJSSHr1PqtMNqQWukV2LPX6CKxrdn2eeZC1GB43Cm64","transactionHash":"0x54f24e825c4ac66baf75d9a9f49989b048240b4ae83324753a102e11ef141aea","created":"2022-07-27T18:58:14.204Z","updated":"2022-09-05T12:00:03.554Z","images":[{"id":"QmUHmR5QbLB8aSqyduHcAGmgXoxYFj17fmGGTp3iqWbjJr","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}